Welcome to our hall of fundraising fame! - this page features information
about events held to help raise money for the World Land Trust.
Have you held a fundraising event and want to be featured in the
WLT hall of fame? - contact us
with your information. Every £50 raised saves
One Acre of threatened natural habitat.
School/Name |
|
Number of Acres Saved! |
| Arfryn Primary School, Swansea, UK |
Rainforest Fayre -
pupils sold cakes, raffle tickets and held a fayre to help raise
money for the WLT. |
24 |
| Bartley Junior School, Southampton, UK |
Pupils from year 6 held a variety of events
including a summer fair,
sponsored spell and car wash and managed to help preserve
34 acres of tropical forest in Ecuador. Great work guys! |
34 |
| Bath Wildlife WATCH Group, Bath, UK |
The Wildlife WATCH Group organised a Rainforest
Feast of 46 types of food derived from the rainforest, raising
money for the Amazon Basin project in Ecuador. |
2 |
| Belmont Grosvenor School, Harrogate, UK |
Belmont Grosvenor School raised money to save
one acre of threatened habitat as part of their rainforest project. |
1 |
| Boddam Primary School, Peterhead, UK |
Primary 4, 5 and 6 helped protect 6 acres of
Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil through various fundraising
activities during their rainforest project. |
6 |
| Coombe Hill Junior School, Kingston upon Thames, UK |
The Green Team from Coombe Hill Junior School, raised money for the WLT,
from their Eco day, where the children paid £1 each to wear their own clothes to school. |
5 |
| Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and
Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, USA |
Mrs. Hagood's 3rd graders made over 300 bead
bracelets as part of their Economics unit. The students, called
the "Superstars," sold the bracelets for 50 cents each
in Cora Kelly's cafeteria. |
1 |
| Dulwich International College, Phuket, Thailand |
Class 8Y Geography organised a delivery
service, raising money for rainforest in Ecuador. |
2 |
| Erskine Stewarts's Melville School, Edinburgh,
UK |
Sam Donaghey, Jesper Price, Alastair Scott and
James McLeish decided to
sell old toys, videos and games to raise money to help save
endangered animals and habitats around the world. |
3 |
| Foolow, Derbyshire,
UK |
The children of Foolow, Derbyshire, saved 3.5
acres of rainforest through their 2007 Well
Dressing
event. |
3.5 |
| Garnet Mesa Elementary School, Delta USA,
UK |
The school fundraised to help save the Brazillian
Atlantic Rainforest with an Art Show and Save the
Rainforest wrist band sale. |
20 |
| George Watson's College, Edinburgh, UK |
Rainforest Sale
- pupils from class p7K held a sale with lots of stalls, including
'guess the teddy's birthday'. |
10.5 |
| Hinchley Wood Sixth Form, Surrey, UK |
Raised over £1,600 through selling ice cream,
putting on a pantomime, organising a rag day and other events. |
64 |
| Holbury Junior School, Southampton, UK |
Pupils from Year 6 held a Rainforest
Day with sponsored activities and a cake and book sale, and
managed to raise money to save over 40 acres of tropical rainforest.
- That's tens of thousands of trees! |
42 |
| Jonathan & Amanda Winfield, Derby, UK |
This young brother and sister team from Derby
made paper planes, fans and gift bags, then sold them to local
residents. They raised enough money to save two acres of rainforest
in Brazil. |
2 |
| Katie Honey, UK |
Katie raised an impressive £1200 by embarking on
a 250 mile sponsored bike ride! |
24 |
| Laxton Junior School, Oundle, UK |
George Frankel and Henry Orlebar came up with
the fantastic idea of hosting a Rainforest
Cafe to to raise money for rainforest in Ecuador. Their contribution
enabled WLT to protect 7 acres of tropical forest! |
7 |
| Lochnell Primary School, UK |
P. 4, 5 and 6 from Lochnell Primary School
raised funds for the World Land Trust in the summer 2007 by
selling finger knitted snakes, origami butterflies and frogs,
rainforest cocktails and much much more in their very own
rainforest they built in their
class room! |
5 |
| Thanos and Eleni Klidaras |
Thanos and Eleni raised money by having
a jumble sale and a cake sale. They have saved 4 Acres of threatened
rainforest. They also sent us a thankyou letter and drawing
of a Rainforest. |
4 |
| Minister School, Nottingham, UK |
The Minister School in Nottingham raised
money for the Brazillian Rainforest
by having a non-uniform day and informing the students of the
importance of rainforest conservation. |
16 |
| Newton Primary, Dunblane, UK |
The all-singing, all-dancing children of classes
P5 and P4/5 put on a rainforest
themed school production, called Emerald Crown. Ticket sales,
a raffle and a guess the Toucan's birthday game raised funds for
WLT to save eight acres of rainforest! |
8 |
| Orwell Park School, Ipswich, UK |
Helped save wildlife habitats by holding an
Eco Bag for Life competition. The school sourced eco-friendly
calico shopping bags from local Fair-trade supplier and invited
pupils to purchase and decorate/customise a bag as imaginatively
as possible. |
22 |
| Rome International School, Italy |
Rome International School in Italy raised money for the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil with
a sponsored walk through a park near to their school, followed
by a rainforest snacks sale. |
7 |
| Tori Ratcliffe, age 13, UK |
Tori organised a sponsored
silence. |
4.8 |
| Townfield Primary School, Oxtan, Birkhead, UK |
Saved 4 acres by selling fairtrade goods at
their coffee afternoon arranged by pupils from years 3 and 4. |
4 |
| Rebecca Siddall, age 5, UK |
Rebecca held a 10
hour sponsored silence raising money for Ecuador. |
6 |
| St. Mary School, Ohio, USA. |
Students from St. Mary School in Ohio collected
pennies in their classroom for four months to save up money
to protect endangered habitats. The children
were very excited to be able to help conserve endangered species
and managed to collect enough money to buy three acres of threatened
rainforest. |
3 |
| Universal American School, Kuwait |
The Students from the Language Arts Course did
a project about the destruction of the rainforests - and decided
to help. Read about their Rainforest Collection |
3 |
| Viewley Hill Primary School, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, UK |
Five children from Viewley Hill primary school
in Hemlington, Middlesbrough, baked and sold iced biscuits to
raise money for wildlife conservation. The children had a great
response and sold over 300 biscuits enabling them to save two
acres of Ecuadorian Rainforest. |
2 |
| Wilton Centre Primary School, UK |
Wilton Centre Primary School managed to
raise enough money to save half an acre of rainforest in Brazil
with a Christmas Craft Fair. See
a picture from the Christmas Craft fair here. |
0.5 |
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The
World Land Trust would like to say a big THANK YOU to all its
fundraisers!
